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Bethenny Frankel, a longtime cast member on Bravo’s reality series Real Housewives of New York City, is not returning to the series next season, which will mark its 12th.
"I have decided to leave the 'Housewives' franchise to explore my next chapter," Frankel told Deadline’s sister pub Variety, which was first to…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM Television and Mark Burnett have made a multi-year deal with Bethenny Frankel to generate unscripted TV projects that she will produce, some of which will be star vehicles for her.
Burnett, the MGM Worldwide Television Group Chairman, made the deal directly with Frankel and her attorneys at Grubman…

FYI has greenlighted 14 half-hour episodes of Food Porn, hosted by New York restaurateur and The Meatball Shop co-owner Michael Chernow and executive produced by Real Housewives‘ Bethenny Frankel. The news was announced today during A+E Networks’ upfront presentation by Jana Bennett, President of FYI and LMN…

Bravo made it official this morning: Bethenny Frankel is returning to The Real Housewives Of New York City.
“Bethenny is one of the most popular Housewives in the history of the franchise, and I couldn’t be more excited she is coming home to Bravo!," Andy Cohen, Executive Producer of The Real Housewives franchise…

Ten days after the cancellation of Bethenny, host Bethenny Frankel has written an open letter to fans about her experience on the show. She says she “felt a bit diluted, filtered and somewhat constricted” and Warner Bros’ decision not to go forward with Season 2 came as a relief. You can read the full letter here, but…

There will be no second season for Bethenny, Bethenny Frankel’s softly rated syndicated daytime talk show executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres. The decision was made after producer Telepictures Prods. and its station partner, the Fox O&Os, which were open to renewing the show, tried hard to keep it around but…

Bethenny Frankel‘s daytime talk show will launch in national syndication on September 9. Bethenny, from Warner Bros and Ellen DeGeneres’ company, originally did a successful six-week summer test on several Fox-owned stations last summer, leading to its clearance in 98% of the country for next fall. Along with the…

Terence Noonan, executive producer of Anderson Live, which is ending its two-season run, is segueing to a new Telepictures-produced daily syndicated talk show. Noonan and Meghan Schaefer Spielberg, and one of the founding producers of MSNBC, have been named executive producers of Bethenny Frankel‘s Bethenny, alongside…

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution’s one-hour daily talk show hosted by Bethenny Frankel has been gaining momentum since a successful six-week test run on Fox-owned stations over the summer. Those came after Bethenny was eyed for a fall 2012 launch before clearances stalled in a crowded market. Now Fox…

EXCLUSIVE: Bethenny Frankel has signed with CAA, which will represent her and her Skinnygirl brand in television, licensing, commercial endorsements, speaking, and philanthropy. WME, where the reality star, entrepreneur and author was previously repped for television and publishing, will continue to represent her for…

Warner Bros’ daytime syndication hopeful Bethenny, starring reality star Bethenny Frankel, got off to an encouraging start for its six-week test run on Fox stations in six markets. In its first airing yesterday, the talk show averaged a 1.5/5 in the overnight metered households, up 36% from its lead-in in the six…